We’ve been hearing rumors about a blowout 20th anniversary sale at Amazon, and this morning we got confirmation: Amazon is promising “more deals than Black Friday” all day on Wednesday, July 15. The catch? You must be a Prime member to take advantage of it.

“Prime Day is a one-day only event filled with more deals than Black Friday, exclusively for Prime members around the globe. Members tell us every day how much they love Prime and we will keep making it better,” said Greg Greeley, Vice President Amazon Prime. “If you’re not already a Prime member, you’ll want to join so you don’t miss out on one of the biggest deals extravaganzas in the world.”

Black Friday 2015 may still be seven months away, but Shopko has confirmed that all 300 of its stores will be open for Black Friday shoppers on Thanksgiving Day – even the ones in Wisconsin.

You can expect the lines at Lambeau Field to be just as intense as the one at Best Buy on Thanksgiving Day 2015. (Flickr / Mike Morbeck)

But why is Shopko talking about Black Friday in April?

It all has to do with the NFL. The league announced this week that the Green Bay Packers will host their biggest rival, the Chicago Bears, on Thanksgiving night. The game begins at 7:30pm – right smack in the middle of Black Friday shopping’s prime time.

Some enterprising journalist decided to ask Shopko (headquartered in Green Bay) to comment on how the game might affect their plans for Black Friday sales. And shockingly, comment they did, in a statement to local Fox affiliate WLUK.

“While business at our Green Bay and Wisconsin locations may start off slower than normal that evening, as our Wisconsin-based customers root on their hometown team, we expect it will be business as usual for the vast majority of our stores.”

It’s not even noon (well, on Central Time at least) and already most of Brad’s Top 25 Black Friday Deals have sold out! If you haven’t yet had time to get your shop on, do it now! There are still a few items you can get online now for their Black Friday prices! We went through Brad’s list and compiled a new one with only the sales that you can still purchase. But be quick! I have a feeling these won’t last long…

The month leading up to Black Friday is a magical time for the shopping enthusiast after a good deal. Every day, new ads roll in stuffed with prices that seem unbelievable, and as the anticipation grows, so does your list of Black Friday must haves.

We hope you’re spending this Black Friday shopping in whatever way is right for you. Maybe you’re pushing through crowds at the mall, vying for that last Elsa Snow Glow doll, or maybe you’re sitting on your couch with a cup of coffee and a scone, putting as much as you can get into your online shopping cart. However you’re celebrating, we at Brad’s Deals want to remind you that the fun doesn’t stop today!

Despite the fact that it’s only Thursday, a lot of Black Friday sales are already well underway. But contrary to popular belief, there ARE some stores left that believe Black Friday sales should start on Friday.

Below is a list of all the opening times for retailers whose sales start tomorrow. Click on the name of the retailer to browse through its Black Friday ad!

Opening at 12am

Opening at 4am

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8:02pm UPDATE: Sold out!

The 32″ TV for $78 is on sale RIGHT NOW at Amazon. It’s going to sell out pretty much instantly, so move fast.

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! Home Depot released its Black Friday ad today, so maybe now you’ll finally have some ideas for what to get dad this Christmas.

Unlike so many other Black Friday retailers who pushed the shopping holiday back to Thanksgiving, Home Depot’s Black Friday sale will actually start on Friday! Shocker, I know. Doors open at 5am Friday morning, although you CAN shop the sale online starting at 6pm (EST) tomorrow.

So what’s in the ad? You can browse all the goodies here, but we picked a few of our own favorites:

Many online Black Friday sales start tonight or already have begun, but tomorrow is the day that retailers begin welcoming Black Friday shoppers into their brick and mortar locations.

Depending on which camp you’re in, our list below is comprised of stores either to shop at tomorrow or to avoid on principle. Either way, we hope your Thanksgiving is exactly the day you want it to be.

So what does that actually mean? For the vast majority of retailers, that means midnight. And thanks to the fact the United States is sliced up into several time zones, “midnight” could be anywhere between 9pm and 3am, depending on where you are versus what time zone the a retailer uses online. Which makes it particularly maddening when retailers fail to note the time zone when they say “midnight” in their ads, or flat out refuse to confirm their online sale hours even after their in-store hours have been long known and published.

Here’s a cheat sheet for what “midnight” could mean to you as an online shopper:

You’re on Eastern Time – 12am-3am

You’re on Central Time – 11pm-2am

You’re on Mountain Time – 10pm-1am

You’re on Pacific Time – 9pm-12am

So now that we’ve covered what “midnight” might mean, let’s dive into the sales that we expect to start tonight. Sometimes we know the time zone, sometimes we know it’s going to fall somewhere in that time zone window, and sometimes we’re offering up a best guess based on experience